Rumor has it also that no sovereign debt was even considered in the survey.
That government would aim to harmonise European taxes and mutualise sovereign debt, he said.
The continued sovereign debt problems in Europe remain as a general support for the market.
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He made money betting on Greek sovereign debt and on a couple of activist positions.
The move comes as there are worries about European sovereign debt and bank-funding costs.
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Meyer said that he believes the sovereign debt crisis in Europe is far from over.
The European Union financial and sovereign debt crisis is on the verge of escalating at mid-week.
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With the European sovereign debt crisis making headlines again, Bernanke was also asked about Cyprus.
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Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt Portfolio shares are currently trading down about 0.1% on the day.
Meanwhile, Fitch has lowered its outlook on Egyptian sovereign debt to negative from stable .
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About half of that is related to sovereign debt or bank debt in those countries.
That makes the case for Spanish sovereign debt restructuring (not just Portugal) more likely, says Fernandez.
Since Halloween, the U.S. sovereign debt relative to these blue chip corporates has deteriorated sharply.
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The market does not seem to believe that Europe can deal with its sovereign debt predicament.
In part, these could be explained by the intensification of the European sovereign debt crisis.
But is the European crisis all about sovereign debt and the vulnerability of the Euro?
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All in all, there will be few options to stabilize the sovereign debt problems.
Sovereign debt has grown drastically, to the point that even maintaining it is becoming unsustainable.
Greece is only one of several Euro zone nations with tenuous sovereign debt situations.
The sovereign debt crisis exists not only in Europe, but all over the world.
If Germany guarantees the survival of those banks that buy newly issued sovereign debt.
That maturity has a lot of countries issueing more local debt than sovereign debt.
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Brazil now boasts an investment grade sovereign debt rating, which it gained in 2008.
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It did not take long before another European Union sovereign debt issue hit the news headlines.
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The U.S. banking system is not safe from the unraveling European sovereign debt crisis.
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Brazil joined the club of investment grade sovereign debt in the second quarter of 2009.
The European Union financial and sovereign debt crisis is on the verge of escalating.
The latest driver of demand for gold has been the European sovereign debt crises.
Hard assets are the likely benefactors of the U.S. sovereign debt downgrade on Friday.
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In Europe there are the same stubborn issues of sovereign debt exposure and austerity drives.
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